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Originally Posted by jf1981
Hi,
My actual card does support dx 9 only ( Nvidia gtx260), are there improvements in the image quality with newer cards which support dx 11 when plaing CoD ?
As well, some technical questions, what is recommended ammount of ram for the graphic card ? what is benefit from high quantity for that ram ?
And finally, is the graphic card able to make the game playable with a high enough number of fps in high res high graphics with a processor as limited as Phonom nowadays that much more powerful proc do exist, I mean is the proc limiting the fps or is it only a matter of graphic card power (after all the Phenom is quite capable anyway) ?
Thanks devs, thanks mates.
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Nvidia gtx260 supports DX10.0 - which is crappy. What is far far better and the devs mean when they say dx10 will boost performance is DX10.1, which in essence is closer to DX11 than DX10/DX9 and insures the card can actually handle dx10 features but still DX11 is the way to go. DX11 builds on DX10.1 by further optimizations and adding a host of new possible effects and tools, which will be used more and more in the next year and to come. I doubt any computer only games released in 2012 will support DX9, BF3 coming later this year is multiplatform and only DX10+ aswell, EVE is cutting shader model 2.0 support (dx9.0) - and its an MMORPG...
Now as far as newer cards go, of course there will be a big performance boost, even if it is not dx11. gtx260 was originally a mid range card at release, currently we are about 1.5-2 gens ahead of that, so performance will probably be atleast 3-4x more on a 560 purely hardware wise. A 580 is probably 15x more powerful on a modern 10.1-11 game than your card considering the hardware tech (brute power), softwaree optimization and architectual change.
Ram is memory, its how much information your pc can hold for quick access at the same time. Think of it as notes you took in class that are right infront of you, thats ram, the more of it you have the faster and better you can answer questions. Since ram is limieted (as is the size of a page) if its not in ram the program must request data from the hardrive (called paging) which is mechanical and where as ram is solid state. So imagine harddrive paging like going to your textbook to look up a page and number, then adding that to your notes and erasing other notes to make room. Also remember there is Vram (for your card) and system ram, vram is only used for holding graphical assets while system ram is for the whole game and can feed your vram faster then a HD would.
What is your processor version? You want to aim at a 4 core CPU, preferably a i7 which are the best atm (the 40nm range not the 32nm sandy bridge). If your graphics card is good, it can be bottlenecked by the CPU, which routes the info and results in the GPU sitting and waiting for necessary rescources before it can perform a task (leading to stutters and other nasty things). Personaly I wouldnt touch the phenom with a barge pole, its very old tech. Get an i7 or wait for AMD Bulldozer.